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Russian box or box in lacquered wood, decorated with a country scene with characters, men and women sitting at a table drinking and eating, in the background a landscape, signature of the workshop Lukutin * with two-headed eagle, d nineteenth century.
This box is in good condition. It is signed by the Lukutin workshop (signature with double-headed eagle).
A note: a few minor accidents, scratches, traces of cracks and wear of time, look at the photos.
In 1818, the control of the Korobov workshop passed to Piotr Lukutin (the son-in-law of Korobov), who expanded production to include tea boxes, album covers, office accessories, and multi-purpose boxes. Artists are beginning to paint intricate decorative patterns on the boxes, and these real small paintings become ostentatious symbols of status in the aristocracy and wealthy Russian merchant class. The demand for lacquered objects explodes. Just five years after Lukutin's resumption of the workshop, he employs more than fifty skilled painters, and a school inside the factory trains the apprentices.Piotr Lukutin begins exhibiting his products in 1828 at industrial fairs and craftsmanship in Russia and Europe, gaining a lot of public and numerous awards. It was the same year that Lukutin received the highest honor, a royal edict, allowing him to use the imperial emblem (two-headed eagle and his initials) as the brand name of the company. Alexander Lukutin joined his father as factory manager in 1841, and together they turned a simple craft into an authentic art form thanks to the innovation he demonstrated in the sets and techniques. The Lukutin workshop finally closed in 1904 and some of its artists will be transferred to the Vishnyakov studio.
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